A .32 revolver that discharged and ended his life on Christmas night
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A .32 revolver that discharged and ended his life on Christmas night
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An hour after buying a brand-new Oldsmobile, a twenty-five-year-old singer sat in a Houston dressing room passing a loaded revolver around a table between sets. Two witnesses in that room left two different accounts of what he believed about the gun in his hand, and neither matches the story that would spread through newspapers and tribute records within weeks. What actually happened in those seconds, and why did a different, more dramatic version take its place in memory?
In this episode, we follow John Marshall Alexander Jr, known as Johnny Ace, from the Beale Street clubs of Memphis to the top of the rhythm-and-blues charts, and trace how his death on Christmas night 1954 gave rise to a legend that outran the documented facts, asking why the myth of Russian roulette proved more durable than the eyewitness record.
Person: John Marshall Alexander Jr (Johnny Ace)
Location: City Auditorium dressing room, Houston
Date: December 25, 1954
Case: a .32 caliber revolver that discharged backstage between sets
Status: ruled a self-inflicted accidental death, eyewitness accounts conflicting
- He signed to Duke Records in 1952, and his first recording, "My Song," topped the R&B chart for nine weeks starting that September.
- He placed eight consecutive hits on the rhythm-and-blues charts between 1952 and 1954.
- Cash Box named him the Most Programmed Artist of 1954 based on a national poll of disc jockeys.
- He bought a new 1955 Oldsmobile about an hour before his death; bassist Curtis Tillman and singer Big Mama Thornton, both present in the dressing room, gave differing accounts of what he believed about the gun.
- His finished recording "Pledging My Love" reached number one on the R&B chart on February 12, 1955, and held that position for ten weeks after his death.
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